-- 週四盤前,美國股指期貨小幅走高,市場對美伊最終達成和平協議的希望持續升溫,加之迄今為止強勁的財報季表現,進一步提振了市場情緒。 道瓊工業指數期貨上漲0.2%,標普500指數期貨上漲0.1%,那斯達克指數期貨上漲0.1%。 美國總統川普週三在Truth Social上發文稱,最終和平協議將結束衝突並重新開放霍爾木茲海峽。根據Axios報道,白宮先前表示,美伊即將達成協議,該協議將結束戰爭並為更詳細的核談判建立框架。 然而,川普表示,伊朗接受美國的提議“或許是一個很大的假設”,並警告稱,如果未能達成協議,轟炸將“以比以往更高水平和更強烈的程度”恢復。伊朗外交部發言人週三告訴CNBC,伊朗正在評估該提案。 交易員們消化了最新一輪的財報,殼牌(SHEL)和麥當勞(MCD)公佈的第一季調整後盈利和營收均有所增長。 油價走低,近月全球基準北海布蘭特原油下跌3%至每桶98.25美元,美國西德州中質原油下跌3.2%至每桶92.02美元。 彭博社總結的估計數據顯示,美國東部時間上午8:30發布的每周初請失業金人數預計將達到20.5萬人,高於前一周的18.9萬人。預計第一季非農業生產力報告將顯示年增率為0.6%,低於上一季的1.8%。單位勞動成本預計將成長2.5%,低於先前預測的4.4%。 2月和3月的建築支出報告將於美國東部時間上午10點發布。 明尼阿波利斯聯邦儲備銀行行長尼爾·卡什卡利、克利夫蘭聯邦儲備銀行行長貝絲·哈馬克和紐約聯邦儲備銀行行長約翰·威廉姆斯計劃於週四發表講話。
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